Early 8086 and 8088 CPUs

The 8088 was an early micro processor by Intel with an 8 bit Bus. The 8086 was an early micro processor by Intel with a 16 bit Bus… but strangely, it was the 8086 which came first, with the 8088 following due to economic factors shortly after. Join me in this first “Byte Size” show and we’ll find out exactly why the 8086 came before the 8088.